A Professor of Magic at Hogwarts Chapter 235: Rule Club Gathering

At the end of November, the weather has become very cold, the castle windows are covered with thick frost, and a few snowfalls have fallen, and the mountains around Hogwarts have put on snow caps.

In a small classroom, it was as warm as spring, and the firewood in the fireplace was burning.

Felix sat relaxed on a sofa, and smiled as he looked at the little wizards of different grades and colleges in front of him. They sat around a dozen sofas, with novelty and longing in their eyes.

"Today is the first meeting of the Rune Club. It's very good, everyone is here."

"I was busy some time ago, and now I finally have time to think about the club's affairs." Felix was playing with a dark green coin with a unique thick luster in his hand, and the little wizards were curious. sizing up.

The coin is not of any known coinage, not copper nats, silver Sickles, nor gold Galleons.

Felix flicked the coin up.

Under the watchful eyes of the little wizards, the coin was thrown into the air, and suddenly transformed into a long and thin snake covered with scales, and then expanded suddenly. At a certain moment, it swallowed its own tail in one gulp, forming a standard ring.

The little wizards stared at the weird little snakes that were constantly circling in mid-air—many of them had never been exposed to this pattern before.

But Geoffrey, a seventh-year student and prefect of Slytherin, said in a low and fervent voice: "Ouroboros."

"Yes, Ouroboros. If you have ever dabbled in magical symbols, you will naturally not miss this ancient symbol. It represents many things and is widely used in alchemy, ancient runes, and ancient seals. In the non-magic world, ouroboros is also quite famous, but people tend to call it a occult symbol."

"Many people regard ouroboros as a symbol of cycle, infinity, rebirth..."

When Felix pauses to recount the history of the Ouroboros logo, sixth grader Pat Selton asks.

"Professor, how do you think about it?"

Peter Selton wore a long braid, and Felix had the impression that she had blindly bought an amulet that smelled of onions before the owls exams last school year.

Felix explained: "I used to use it as a symbol in alchemy. At that time, I thought it represented the archetype and cycle of everything, the reciprocation of construction and destruction... In a way, expression The alchemist's pursuit of perfect alchemy;

Later, I studied magic theory deeply, and believed that it contains vitality, which symbolizes the alternation of death and new life. In ancient times, many ancient wizards would engrave it on tombstones;

When I came into contact with ancient runes and used runes as my ruler to measure magic, I thought it represented infinity and self-growth. "

Felix said leisurely: "Miss Selton, can you understand what I mean? People's ideas are always changing, and people look at things from different angles at different stages."

He raised his head and looked at the ring snake, and said with emotion: "Everyone's views will not be exactly the same. I hope that one day, you will also have your own views, not to follow others' opinions, but to think carefully after you have learned a lot. .”

The little wizards listened with half understanding. In the Rune Club, there were students from the third grade to the seventh grade. Not everyone could understand these words and Felix's state of mind.

After waiting quietly for a while, the firewood in the fireplace was still burning, Felix raised the corner of his mouth: "Okay, little wizards. I didn't bring you together for small talk. To be honest Say, I have a lot to do, but that doesn't include discussing trivial matters."

"The sorting hat sorts you into different houses according to your most outstanding characteristics, such as Ravenclaw—" His eyes swept to Qiu Zhang, Penello, Wharton Pardis, Eddie · Camilleche, Marietta Ackmore, Michael Korner, Padma Patil...

"Slytherin—" He looked at Jeffrey, Draco Malfoy, Daphne Greengrass, Pansy Parkinson again...

"Hufflepuff—" he gestured to Cedric, Justin Finch, Susan Burns, Pete Selton...

"And Gryffindor." He glanced at the three of Harry, the Weasley twins, Percy, Alicia Spinnet...

Felix smiled and said: "Your traits together form the different ethos of the four colleges. But in fact, the ethos of the four colleges affects you in turn, aggravating this trait—sometimes I just need Just chatting with others, you can roughly determine the academy he came from."

Felix smiled, "As an aside, for a certain period of time, I will play this kind of game consciously, and the success rate is very high."

"Back to the topic. This approach has both good and bad. The good thing is that each college has its own good morals that it values. Once the atmosphere is formed, it is easy to be driven forward; the bad thing is that some If you don’t learn well, you will be infected with all kinds of shortcomings without knowing it.”

Penello said thoughtfully: "Professor, just like Ravenclaw advocates knowledge and maverick, students are smart, wise, far-sighted, and full of curiosity...but sometimes they are too ignorant. Self-centered, out of tune with the outside world, and even hurt some people?"

Felix nodded approvingly, "Very insightful and courageous, Miss Clearwater."

"The headmasters of Hogwarts realized this very early on. Some of you may have had such a question. Many of your classes are taken together with other houses, and it is not a fixed one. , for example—Miss Granger?"

Hermione raised her head, and whispered nervously: "We are with Hufflepuff in herbal medicine class, with Slytherin in potion class, and with Ravenclaw in astronomy class."

"What about after fifth grade?" Felix looked at Jeffrey again.

Jeffrey replied: "Most of the four colleges teach together."

The other little wizards couldn't help thinking about this question.

Felix said: "This approach is to allow you to see another group of different types of people and learn from each other's excellence while getting to know each other."

"The club magnifies this advantage, which is what I like. So in the future, when it comes to cooperation, I will let you choose students from different colleges as partners."

Harry looked almost immediately at Ravenclaw's Cho Chang, but to his heartbreak, her gaze was on someone else. He turned his head and saw the tall and handsome Cedric.

In an instant, his heart was filled with a feeling of frustration and loss, and his long-standing sense of expectation was like a soap bubble being punctured.

Malfoy glanced at Harry, then at the others, wondering what he was thinking.

Percy and Penello smiled at each other.

"Next, let me talk about the Rune Club itself—" Felix knocked on the armrest of the sofa, calming down the restless little wizards.

"First of all, the teaching of ~IndoMTL.com~ club is mainly about practical rune, and you will learn a lot of practical rune knowledge;"

"Secondly, you will participate in some of my research and be responsible for providing some data, or forming a research team to complete some experimental subjects;"

"Sometimes, we might simply sit down and chat, discussing some interesting topics that have nothing to do with runes, such as—why we can unconsciously cast spells when we were young, but not after school, or... ...difficult?"

Harry suddenly remembered some miraculous experiences he had before entering school. For example, his hair always grew crazily. Like it;

Or when Aunt Petunia tried to put an ugly sweater with orange **** on him, he resisted very much. During the struggle, the sweater shrunk and shrank, and finally it could only be worn by puppet toys;

Also, when he was in the Muggle school, his cousin Dudley and his gang chased him, and he wanted to jump over a dustbin, but he found himself sitting on the chimney for no reason;

He also lost the protective glass in the zoo and let go of a boa constrictor...